"The Six Million Dollar Man" The Seven Million Dollar Man (1974)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Dick Moder

Writers:

Peter Allan Fields (written by) &
Martin Caidin (novel)

TV Series:

"The Six Million Dollar Man" (1974)

Original Air Date:

1 November 1974 (Season 2, Episode 5)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Steve Austin is surprised to learn that Oscar and Rudy have made a second cyborg out former racing driver Barney Miller...

Plot Keywords:

Bionics | Spy | Cult TV | Cyborg | Number In Title

Cast

Lee Majors	...	Col. Steve Austin
Richard Anderson	...	Oscar Goldman
Monte Markham	...	Barney Miller
Alan Oppenheimer	...	Dr. Rudy Wells
Marshall Reed	...	Gate Guard
Fred Lerner	...	O.S.I. Man
Maggie Sullivan	...	Carla Peterson

Runtime:

USA:49 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Silverton Productions

Trivia:

Monte Markham was Martin Caidin's first choice to play Steve Austin

Goofs:

Continuity: When Steve and Barney are fighting in the vaults, Steve uses his non-bionic left arm to push away Barney's bionic arms.

Quotes:

Dr. Rudy Wells: [shouting] This is lunacy!
Barney Miller: [turns round in door opening] You put me together, Rudy. The nuts, the bolts, the wires. Tell me, can the machine be more lunatic than those who created it?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Six Million Dollar Man: The Bionic Criminal (#3.9)" (1975)

Steve vs.Barney: full bionic action

This episode is one of the best episodes of SMDM -second season. Steve is astonished when he discovered hes not unique and there is another bionic man ready to take his place in case he ever becomes incapacitated.When former auto-racing champion Barney Miller is badly injured in a car crash, he becomes the new candidate for bionic replacements.This new bionic man has 4 bionic limbs and cost seven million dollars ,one million dollars more than Steve bionics;In simple words,Barney becomes better than Steve.But Barney becomes unstable ,unable to assume his new abilities.He got mad and decides there must be only one bionic man.Dr. Wells can do nothing and Barney so powerful decides to destroy the plans about the secrets of bionics. Only Steve is supposed to stop him.At the end we see a great battle between two bionic men.A real match,Barney seemed to be more powerful than Steve but Steve defeated him and showed hes the best.Because of that we realize that Steve Austin is unique.